H. H. Abbott

[1] Abbott was one of the poets launched by Harold Monro and his publishing house The Poetry Bookshop, London.

Ten poems in his first collection, Black & White (Poetry Bookshop, 1922), had previously appeared in Monro's periodical The Chapbook,[5][2] and one, the title-poem,[6] in a 1920 Harrap anthology.

[2][note 1] Mostly conversational in tone, his poems are traditional in form and metre, ranging from "blank-verse bucolics"[2] or rhyming couplets to shorter lyrics.

The robin's song has come again: After the morning mist the clear fresh sun Shines on the tinkling stubble and the thatcher's men, Strawing and sprindling now that harvest's done.

The robin's song has come again: High in the hedges hazel-clusters sway Milky and crisp, and in their moist and grassy den The naked, smooth-skinned mushrooms shrink from day.